LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A man arrested in eastern Arkansas following a widespread crackdown on corruption and narcotics that netted several law enforcement officers pleaded guilty to drug- and gun-related charges on Wednesday.

Sedrick Trice, 27, would receive a 40-year prison sentence under his plea agreement discussed Wednesday in federal court in Little Rock. Prosecutors agreed to drop a number of other charges against Trice, who had previously pleaded not guilty, as part of the deal.

Trice is one of 70 people — including five law enforcement officers — indicted in an investigation dubbed “Operation Delta Blues.” The probe, which was announced in October, focused on corruption and drug trafficking in the Mississippi Delta town of Helena-West Helena.

Prosecutors have defined Trice’s role as one of two men who ran a drug-trafficking ring that pumped narcotics to towns in eastern Arkansas and neighboring Mississippi and Tennessee.

In court on Wednesday, federal prosecutor Julie Peters laid out the government’s case against Trice, who was also known as “Binky,” and a number of the other people indicted in the “Delta Blues” probe.

Peters said Trice, along with co-conspirator Leon Edwards, paid off law enforcement officers to look the other way and tip them off when police planned action against one of them or their colleagues. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

She said the pair distributed large quantities of cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana and other drugs to a number of customers and middlemen in the area. She named some of their suppliers and accomplices — who have nicknames including “Cheeseburger” and “Juicy” — and even listed some of the terms that they used to talk about drugs.

Trice sat next to his attorney, Lisa Peters, who is not related to Julie Peters, as the prosecutor detailed the case against him. When she finished, U.S. District Judge James Moody asked Trice if everything the prosecutor said was accurate.

“Yes, sir,” he said.

Trice’s attorney didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. U.S. Attorney Chris Thyer is set to talk about the plea deal Wednesday afternoon.